SCIENCE 8 DIAGNOSTIC EXAM QUARTER 3

TEJERO NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

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Multiple Choice. Encircle the letter of your choice.(Answer this in a separate paper letters only).
1. Which of the following statements BEST describes matter?
A. It has weight.
B. It is a form of energy.
C. It has a definite shape.
D. It occupies space and has mass.
2. Which is NOT an example of matter?
A. air
B. chalk
C. sound
D. water
3. Which of the following sets of samples below is NOT matter?
A. air, water, love
B. idea, chair, chalk
C. crayon, light, heat
D. light, shadow, feeling
4. Which of the following statements is TRUE regarding the particle nature of matter?
A. Matter is not made of tiny particles.
B. Particles of matter are moving all the time.
C. Particles of matter do not attract each other.
D. Spaces between the particles are filled with air.
5. Which of the following has the weakest force of attraction between the particles?
A. gas
B. liquid
C. solid
D. vacuum
6. What happens to the attractive forces of liquid particles when they are cooled?
A. start to weaken
B. start to decrease
C. remain the same
D. start to strengthen
7. The attractive force of the particles of a gas is described as _________ attractive force.
A. weak
B. strong
C. very strong
D. intermediate
For numbers 8 – 10. Refer to the illustrations given.

A B C
Which of the above illustrations represents the particles of solid? liquid? gas?
8. Solid _________
9. Liquid _________
10.Gas _________
11.Which of the following statements BEST describes the particles of a gas?
A. All the particles are attached from each other.
B. The particles are not attached and moving slowly.
C. The particles are arranged in sequence and moving rapidly.
D. The particles are not attached and are moving rapidly in any direction.
12. Which statement describes the particles of solid?
A. Its particles are closely packed and held together by strong attractive force.
B. Its particles have enough space, definite volume but have indefinite shape.
C. Its particles are far from each other and have an indefinite volume and shape.
D. Its particles are free to move slowly but it takes the shape of their container.
13. Which of the following states of matter cannot be held by your hand?
A. Gas
B. Liquid
C. Solid
D. Both A and B
14.Why do liquids have definite volume but have indefinite shape?
A. Because its particles are closely packed and have strong attractive forces.
B. Because its particles are far from each other, and they occupy the entire space available.
C. Because its particles are free to move easily and are held together by less attractive force.
D. Because its particles have weak attractive forces and are moving from one place to another.
15.Which pair of states of matter has definite volume?
A. Solid and gas
B. Gas and liquid
C. Liquid and solid
D. None of the above
16. Which transformation process involves the change of state from gas to solid? A. deposition
B. freezing
C. melting
D. sublimation
17. Which transformation process occurs in drying of wet clothes?
A. evaporation
B. freezing
C. melting
D. sublimation
18. Which transformation process changes the state of a matter from that of a liquid to a solid?
A. condensation
B. evaporation
C. freezing
D. melting
19. What process involves the change of state from solid to gas without passing the liquid state?
A. evaporation
B. freezing
C. melting
D. sublimation
20. What phase change is observed in the formation of clouds in the atmosphere?
A. condensation
B. deposition
C. evaporation
D. sublimation
21. What happens to the arrangement of particles of matter in solid, liquid and gas as the temperature is
increased?
A. Particles are becoming closer together
B. Particles move farther apart from each other
C. There is no change in the arrangement, it stays the same.
D. It becomes disordered and then changes back to become ordered
22. In what conditions of temperature and kinetic energy will favor the condensation process?
A. There is an increase, both for temperature and kinetic energy
B. There is a decrease, both for temperature and kinetic energy
C. There is no change, both for temperature and kinetic energy
D. There is an increase in temperature and a decrease in kinetic energy
23. Which of the given situations demonstrate a phase change? A. cutting of nails
B. drying of fishes
C. growing of plants
D. chopping of woods
24. What transformation takes place when dry ice (solid carbon dioxide) changes from solid to gas?
A. condensation
B. evaporation
C. melting
D. sublimation
25. Which processes increases the movement of particles?
A. melting → freezing
B. melting → evaporation
C. condensation → freezing
D. evaporation → deposition
26. Which of the following examples turns solid into another state of matter? A. cutting of hair
B. dropping a plastic can
C. tearing of paper into pieces
D. ice cubes in a glass of juice
27. What phase change occurs when water droplets form outside the glass of cold water?
A. condensation
B. evaporation
C. melting
D. sublimation
28. Which of the following phase changes needs an increase of both temperature and kinetic energy?
A. gas to solid
B. gas to liquid
C. solid to liquid
D. liquid to solid
29. What happens to the arrangement of particles in ice cream once its temperature increases?
A. The particles are freezing.
B. The particles are coming closer.
C. The particles are getting farther.
D. The particles are getting heavier.
30. Which of the following is TRUE when a substance changes its state from liquid to solid?
A. The particles of a substance getting smaller.
B. The particles of a substance become heavier.
C. The particles of a substance are moving closer.
D. The particles of a substance changes from soft to hard.
31. Which subatomic particle is negatively charged?
A. electron
B. neutron
C. positron
D. proton
32. Which subatomic particles can be found in the nucleus of an atom? A. protons only
B. neutrons only
C. protons and electrons
D. protons and neutrons
33. Which of the following is true when comparing the size and mass of the nucleus in reference to the
entire atom? The nucleus is
A. larger and contains little of the atom's mass.
B. larger and contains most of the atom’s mass.
C. smaller and contains little of the atom's mass.
D. smaller and contains most of the atom's mass.
34. Which subatomic particle has no charge?
A. electron
B. neutron
C. positron
D. proton
35. Who is the proponent of the “Plum Pudding Model” of an atom? A. Niels Bohr
B. John Dalton
C. Ernest Rutherford
D. Joseph John Thomson
36. Which experiment proved that nucleus is dense and is positively charged? A. oil drop experiment
B. gold foil experiment
C. nuclear fission experiment
D. cathode ray tube experiment
37. What happened to most of the alpha particles in Rutherford’s experiments?
A. They combined with the foil.
B. They passed through the foil.
C. They were absorbed by the foil.
D. Most alpha particles were undeflected.
38. The nucleus accounts practically all the mass of an atom and possess a positive charge. Which
statement explains why a nucleus has these properties?
A. It is made of only protons.
B. It is made of protons and electrons.
C. It is made of protons and neutrons.
D. It is made of neutrons and electrons.
39. In describing the atoms of a given element, which of the following is true when the number and type
of particles are being considered? A. having the same mass number
B. having the same number of protons
C. having the same number of neutrons
D. having equal number of protons and neutrons
40.An element has atomic number equal to 84 and a mass number of 210. Which of the following will
correctly describe the element in terms of the number and type of particles present?
A. 84 protons and 84 neutrons
B. 84 protons and 210 neutrons
C. 84 protons and 126 neutrons
D. 84 protons and 126 electrons
41.What happens to the charge of an atom when it loses an electron? A. It remains neutral.
B. It becomes positive.
C. It becomes negative.
D. It remains the same.
42. The element aluminum possesses 14 neutrons and 13 protons. What will be its mass number in the
form of aluminum ion, Al3+?
A. 16
B. 17
C. 27
D. 30
43.An atom X contains 30 protons, 35 neutrons and 31 electrons. Which of the following is the correct
isotopic symbol for this atom?
30
A. 65��
65
B. 31��
65
C. 30��
66
D. 35��
44. In terms of subatomic particle composition, which of the following pairs are said to be isotopes?
A. (24p, 24e, 24n) and (25p, 25e, 25n)
B. (24p, 24e, 24n) and (24p, 24e, 28n)
C. (24p, 24e, 28n) and (25p, 25e, 28n)
D. (24p, 25e, 28n) and (25p, 25e, 26n)
45.Why are atoms considered as electrically neutral?
A. It is because all atoms contain neutrons.
B. It is because there is an equal number of protons and electrons. C. It is because all subatomic particles
lose their charges once they enter an atom.
D. It is because the number of subatomic particles in the nucleus is always an even number.
46. Which term is used to the vertical columns of the periodic table?
A. group
B. line
C. rows
D. table
47. What are Group 1 elements known as?
A. Alkali metals
B. Transition elements
C. Representative elements
D. Inner transition elements
48. Which element is found in period 6, group 4?
A. Cr
B. Hf
C. Pb
D. Ti
49. Elements in the same group have the same number of ________.
A. protons
B. neutrons
C. electrons
D. valence electrons
50. In which period and group is Silver (Ag) located?
A. Period 2, Group 1
B. Period 3, Group 8
C. Period 4, Group 2
D. Period 5, Group 11